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Inappropriate classification of 70 patients with cardiovascular disease as at low risk for coronary heart disease
| Method used to calculate risk | No (%) of patients
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Practice nurses | General practitioners | |
| Subjective estimate | 23 (33) | 19 (27) |
| Sheffield table | 26 (37) | 23 (33) |
| New Zealand table | 28 (40) | 19 (27) |
| European table | 27 (39) | 26 (38) |
| British program | 15 (21) | 14 (20) |
